Chapter II
I looked to the group as we stood in our demon forms, Stephen sighed, Riane clicked her claws on the cabinet. Lucy walked in a circle around me and I smiled as she wrapped my tail around her left arm. I felt a tingle run down my spine,
" Did you feel that?" Lucy asked and I looked to her.
" The tingle? Yeah I felt it." I said and she looked to me puzzled. We all suddenly dropped to the floor grimacing and whimpering at the pain from changing back to our human forms. I clenched my jaw as my horns started to sink back into my skull, the noise they made doing it was painful to listen to. The sound of cracking bones, very unpleasant. I felt my wings sink into my back, my legs changed to their human form and my tail shrunk away. My transformation finished and I heard my friends groaning and whimpering from the pain. I lay on the floor too weak to help them, that's the problem with switching between forms, it hurts and makes us temporarily weak. I slowly got up and looked to Lucy, she was on the floor trembling. I walked over and picked her up in my arms, she grabbed a fistful of my shirt in each hand and clung on tightly. Her head cuddled into my chest, I set her down on the bed lightly. She whimpered as I let her down and removed my arms from under her. I looked to Stephen and Riane who were getting up on their own. Lucy still clung onto me, I ran my hand through her hair and smiled.
" You're okay Lucy. I'm here, I'm here." I said soothingly. Lucy loosened her grip on my shirt and I bent down and kissed her forehead. Her horns hadn't fully retreated into her skull yet and with one last crack they disappeared. I whinced at the sound and Lucy gave one last shout of pain. Her grip had tightened on my shirt once again and I hugged her closely. Her tears of pain dripped down on my shoulder,
" It hurts so much Mue." she said as I rocked her back and forth.
" I know Lu, I know." I whispered into her ear. Lucy let go of my shirt eventually and I continued to hug her. She eventually stopped crying and sniffled. I let her go and looked in her eyes. The only thing that hadn't changed quite yet were everyones eyes. I walked with them up into the lobby like area of the building. We sat down on the seats and Lucy cuddled close to me on the couch. Riane and Stephen sat in chairs beside eachother. The old woman was coming down the stairs slowly with the help of her daughters.
" What was with all that screaming downstairs?" the elderly woman asked and I stood up from the couch.
" We're sorry ma'am, while we were sleeping our bodies changed into our demon forms and when we woke up it was a painful reformation to our human forms." I said, the woman finally got off the last step. I sat down again and Lucy cuddled back up to me.
" Oh yes. So is it your first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth Heats?" the elder asked and I looked to my group. Heats, were what demons called their body morphing. It's how demons grew to full maturity. It was known by many names, Heats, Changers, and is sometimes called The Pains. I nodded to my group that it was okay to answer.
" It was my second one ma'am." Riane spoke up. Stephen sat up straight and looked to the woman that turned to him.
" It was my first one, ma'am." he said and the woman nodded.
" First time's the most painful." she said and he nodded in agreement. The elderly woman looked to me and Lucy.
" And what of you two?" she spoke to us. Lucy held my hand and I squeezed it lightly.
" It was my fourth time, madam." Lucy said and the woman nodded then looked to me. I inhaled deeply,
" It was my fourth time as well, madam." I said and she smiled.
" So you two were born around the same time I take it?" she asked. Lucy and I nodded quietly. The two younger women went into the kitchen silently.
" So why don't they talk?" Riane asked the elderly woman.
" Because they're afraid of what they see around them. I've been telling them that if they treat beings like you four with good will that they will be safe from the harm you can cause." the woman said. I nodded, I guess having the ability to see the true form of beings would be kind of scary. I watched as the women put plates of food down on the table,
" You four should eat up. Going through a Heats is said to be very stressful and exhausting." the woman said. She stood up and walked towards the kitchen. I looked at the food, it was definitely fresh based on the heat coming from it. Riane grabbed a fork and took a piece of pancake, Stephen took a fork and followed her example. Lucy did the same and went for a seperate pancake, I saw one of the younger women walk towards us with another plate. I looked at the fruit spread out on it. The women looked for room on the table but couldn't find any. She held the plate out to me and I reached for it, my hand ended up touching hers and her entire body went frigid.
" Miguel! What'd you do?" Stephen said shocked and I shook my head. I didn't know what just happened, the women stood still as stone as I slowly took the plate of fruit and set it down on the table. I stood up with Lucy as we looked at the woman frozen before us. The woman unfroze and looked to me, she seemed scared and sad,
" You. You are going to go through alot of pain." she said. I was puzzled by the words as she spoke them to me. Lucy looked startled, the woman looked to her and Lucy waited for what she was going to say.
" You're going to be hurt badly, and so will the child." the woman said and Lucy looked shocked. I stepped in front of Lucy and frowned to the woman.
" Not if I can help it." I spoke and the women continued rambling on as she headed for the kitchen. Everyone was either standing or sitting in complete and utter surprise.
" That was weird." Stephen commented. I held Lucy close as she started crying. I sat down on the couch with her as her tears ran down her cheeks and onto my shirt.
" It's okay Lu, I won't let anyone hurt you." I said. She sniffled and calmed down.
" Thanks Mue." she said as I rubbed my hand on her back. She laid out between my legs and set her head down on my chest. I grabbed a fork and took a piece of pancake, I put it up to her mouth as she opened up her mouth to be fed the piece of food. She smiled as I slid the fork out from between her teeth. Her giggle was heartwarming and I smiled to her. I took another piece of the pancake and bit down gently on a small edge of it, I moved to face Lucy and she smiled.
" Kinky." she giggled. I watched as she moved her face up to mine and took a bite of the pancake. Her lips brushed slightly against mine as we took a piece of pancake and swallowed. Lucy didn't move her face away from mine as we kissed. She whimpered quietly and I smiled as she used her tongue and licked the underside of my top lip.
" Ahem." I heard Stephen say from his chair. Lucy and I stopped kissing and blushed slightly.
" You two should get a room. Sheesh." Riane commented. I looked to the two of them and they went back to eating their pancakes. I heard footsteps coming from the stairs and turned to see a man coming down the steps. It was the same man that was watching me and my group yesterday. The man stopped when he saw us,
" Who are you kids?" he asked and I was about to answer when the elderly womans voice called out from the kitchen.
" They're the kids I was talking to you about last night Harold." the man looked to us. He seemed surprised but his eyes showed a tinge of fear.
" You're the demon kids?" he asked and I nodded. I was tempted to say 'boo' but thought it to be rude to the people giving us shelter.
" So demons really do look like humans." the man said. I saw Riane roll her eyes in the corner of my eyes.
" No sir, demons do not look like humans." I said and the man seemed confused.
" What are you talking about?" he asked and I did a mental sigh.
" I mean, demons don't look human naturally. Demons are in fact very different looking, this is only a disguise that is automatically set when we are on Earth." I explained and the man nodded as though he understood.
" Frau?" the man said. He spoke a different language, this was going to be fun.
" Kann ich ein foto machen?" Harold continued.
" Auf keinen fall." I said and the man turned to me surprised.
" Don't bother trying to speak german dear. They can still understand you." the elderly woman said from the kitchen.
" Wie alt sind sie?" the man asked and I sighed aloud.
" Tsoo alt." I said and the man laughed. He repeated himself,
" Ich bin acht hundert jahre alt." I said, for those who don't know german. Our conversation wasn't the usual greetings. He asked his wife if he could take a photo, I said no. He asked how old I was, first answer was too old. My second answer was eight hundred years old. I saw the mans face pale as he looked to the group. He walked to the kitchen as his wife walked out. The old woman sat down at the table a couple feet from the couch. I watched as Riane and Stephen finished off their last pancakes, I took a fork and grabbed a piece of fruit. I put it up in between Lucy's face and mine, we bit into the sweet tasting fruit and swallowed the piece in our mouth, I kissed Lucy as she giggled again. I ran my left hand over her cheek. We smiled to eachother and her eyes glimmered with love. I leaned back on the arm rest of the couch as Lucy set her head down on my chest.
" So you kids planning on going anywhere?" the elderly woman asked and I turned to face her.
" Yes, we are planning on heading to a special kind of school just a couple hours from here." I said and the woman nodded.
" If you want I can give you four horses. But I can only give three though." the woman said. I looked to the group.
" Yes, that would be very kind of you. Thank you." I said and the woman stood up.
" Harold could you fetch the three horses from the stable." the woman called out. The man walked out of the kitchen and nodded.
" Yes dear." he said as he turned to go out the door. I walked out with my group and the elderly lady. She watched as Harold brought three horses out from behind the building. I watched as the horses clopped up to us.
" Don't worry about having to bring them back. They will come home on their own if you give them a good smack on the rear." the woman said. Riane and Stephen walked up to the horses. They climbed up on the saddle and sat there like a pair of goofy cowboys and cowgirls. I smiled as they used their fingers as pistols and shot at empty glass bottles. When Stephen put his thumb down the glass bottle he was pointing at blew up. I laughed as he startled from the explosion.
" I seriously didn't know that would happen." he admitted, that comment made everyone laugh. I helped Lucy up on our horse as I sat behind her. I reached past her for the saddle reins. I thanked the woman and clicked my tongue. The horse started off to the ends of town, Riane and Stephen weren't far behind as we started towards the school.
" Hey Miguel how long will it take till we get to the school?" Riane asked and I looked back to her.
" Hopefully no more than a couple hours." I said as we continued down the bush path. I felt Lucy fall asleep as I held her up in my left arm, we rode for an hour or two until we came across a large castle looking building.
" I think we're here guys." I said and everyone slowed down and trotted up the pathway to the castle. I woke Lucy up and she stretched her arms out.
" So we're here finally?" she asked and I nodded. We climbed down off the horses and onto the dirt pathway. I walked in front of the group to the doorway. I was about to knock on the door when a herd of people came rushing out the doors. They split past us like water, I stood and noticed the emblem on their dress shirts. This was definitely the right place. I walked into the building with my group and came across a few adults, they stood outside a classroom,
" Excuse me. We're here to enroll as students of this school." I said as the adults turned to look at me and my group. The taller male looked to me with a stern face,
" Why would demons like you want to sign up for school?" he said and I returned his stern look.
" We were told it was the safest school around." I replied. The four other adults seemed to recognize me and my group because they were talking to the taller male.
" Just let them sign up." a dwarf female said.
" Yeah, Garrett. Just let these four in to enroll." the second tallest male said. The third one was obviously a female elf based on the bone structure, the fourth was a male dwarf. His beard seemed to fan out like it had static electricity. The tall man, named Garrett, stood unperturbed by these comments.
" You might want to listen to them Garrett." I said. The man burst out at me.
" Listen here kid..." was as far as he got when I grabbed his head and slammed it into my knee.
" I told you to listen to them." I commented as he held his hands to his face and cried in pain. I looked to the other four adults and they ushered us into the office to enroll for the school.
" You four are the Descendants right?" the female dwarf asked. I nodded, the dwarf gave us each a set of papers to sign our initials on.
" Now if you will follow me to your dorms." the male dwarf said and I looked to him.
" We will only need two dorms." I said and the dwarf nodded.
" Very well." he spoke and brought us to two dorms that were set across from eachother. I walked into one with my group and Stephen called dibs on it. I walked with them to the second one as the dwarf opened the door and revealed a much nicer one with a mountain view.
" I switch." Stephen said and I looked to him.
" You already called dibs on the last one. So no this one isn't yours." I said and he frowned. Riane hit him on the shoulder playfully,
" Smooth move." she said. I walked with Lucy around the place as she smiled at the artistic feel of the place. The dwarf left to go back to his class. Stephen and Riane left to go to their dorm, I sat down on the couch with Lucy as the dorm emptied of the others. She cuddled up beside me and smiled,
" I like it when we can get our one on one time." she said and I nodded. I always felt good when Lucy was the only one with me. I heard a bell clanging outside, I walked with Lucy to go check and see what it was. I looked to the school and saw an elf swinging the bell in his hand like he was cutting a fish in slices. The school doors opened and a tsunami of students rushed out and to different dorms. I watched as adults walked out of the castle with books under their arms. They were obviously the teachers, I saw the horses outside our dorm, I went down and untied them from the post. They seemed to be ready for the next thing cause before I could smack their rears they sped off in the direction of their home. I walked back up to Lucy and smiled, she grinned and leaned her head on my shoulder, her hand in mine. I walked with her inside and we sat down on the couch. The place grew silent as we spread out on the couch together, my fingers running through her hair and her body between my legs. It all seemed so perfect for me, I looked to Lucy and saw her eyes closed, she had obviously fallen asleep. I relaxed and fell asleep as well.
I opened my eyes to find myself back in the dark room, I looked around and saw Lucy standing beside me.
" Looks like father wants to talk to us again." I said and Lucy nodded. A door formed a few meters in front of us, it opened to reveal the black smoke, red flamed home of Lucifous. I watched as Lucifous came through the door and walked up to us.
" My dear sweet children." he said and I gave a slight bow to him.
" Father, I would like to ask a favor of you before we go anywhere with our conversation." I said and Lucifous stared at me with a stunned look on his face.
" I could grant you a favor if you do one for me." he said. I nodded,
" Anything father." I spoke and Lucy looked to me curiously.
" I would much like it if you could find a way to cause a war between the supernatural and mythical creatures on Earth." he said and I looked to him.
" Very well, consider it done father." I said and he nodded.
" And what favor would you like me to grant you?" he asked as I cleared my throat.
" Would you be able to give Lucy and I the rings for the Bonding." I said and he seemed surprised. Bonding was a form of marriage ceremony for demons. It consisted of some pretty heavy stuff. Lucifous looked to me proudly, Lucy looked happy, a little shocked but happy. I waited as Lucifous held his hand palm up towards us.
" Miguel, you realize Lucy will be the only demon able to concieve your child if you do the Bonding." Lucifous stated and I nodded. Lucifous seemed to hesitate for a single second then closed his palm. When he opened it up the rings were gone. I knew what I was getting into, the Bonding meant that unless one of us died we could not have children with any other demon. I stood with Lucy as Lucifous set up a table and chairs.
" So I ended up catching you kids during your Heats last time I saw you." he spoke and we nodded.
" Yeah, we kind of went through a Heats when we woke up." Lucy said, I was sitting quietly while they talked.
" Can you guys please put down your human forms. It's seriously distracting, I can't believe you kids want to hide your true forms." Lucifous said. Lucy and I tried to go to my demon form but with no luck. We had kept our human forms up for so long we forgot how to undo it. I saw Lucifous wave his hand in front of us and I noticed that Lucy and I had changed to our demon forms. I looked to Lucy as she stared over at me, I noticed her curved horns and her charcoal eyes. I turned to face Lucifous as he smiled to us.
" You two seriously need to learn how to change from your human form to your demon form." he said as Lucy and I stared at the ground in shame.
" Anyways, you kids heard anything about what the angels plan on doing?" he asked and I shook my head. I haven't heard any news about the angels. The angels were either staying up where they belonged or down on Earth where demons liked to roam freely.
" No, we haven't heard anything except rumors." Lucy said.
" That's good, what are the rumors?" Lucifous asked with interest.
" Well, I heard from someone awhile back that the angels plan on setting a Heaven on Earth sort of place down by the West coast." Lucy spoke and I nodded. I heard that rumor too, but I had also managed to hear alot more of it though.
" But in order for them to do that they said they need to wipe every demon off the face of the Earth." I said and Lucifous nodded. He stood up after we talked for awhile longer.
" Well you kids have a fun time on Earth. And Miguel remember the favor you owe me." he said and I nodded.
" Yes father. I have a plan, I just hope it all goes according to plan." I said. Lucifous stepped back into the door and floated over the flames like a red ghost. The door closed and vanished, I stood with Lucy in the dark room and waited for the blackness to take over.
I woke up and saw Lucy in her demon form laying on top of me, Lucy's cat like legs were entwined with my bull like legs. It seemed strange at first but natural. I saw Lucy's tail resting on the edge of the couch, her horns were set up under my chin as I looked down to her. I smiled to her as she stirred, her eyes fluttered open like the wings of a hummingbird. She stretched out and her wings almost touched the roof, she stood up and her tail swung just above the candles on the table beside the couch. I stood up and looked back down at the table to see two rings on it. I used my tail to pick them up, I let them fall into the palm of my hand and looked to Lucy. She nodded to me,
" It's okay Mue. I am willing to be the your mate." she said as I hesitated. I handed her a ring, she put it on her right middle finger as I did the same. I took a knife from my pocket and made a small cut on my middle finger as well as Lucy's. It's harder to cut a scaly like finger than one might think. I put our middle fingers together as blood dripped on the rings and into eachothers cuts. The rings glowed after a few drops and the cuts healed fast from the power coming from the rings. We both dropped on the floor and I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my hand as it spread to my shoulder. I clenched and unclenched my fist as the pain went to my head, it moved with the speed and ferocity of wild fire and when it finished my head felt strange. I stood up and looked to Lucy, her horns looked cracked and her eyes looked like normal human eyes. Then her horns started fixing themselves and her eyes went back to their black color. I helped her up and she hugged me,
" I feel strange Mue." she said and I nodded. My entire body felt wierd now and hearing Lucy admit the same didn't mean it was only me. We sat down on the couch and cuddled together. I looked to Lucy as her tail swayed around my face, I reached my tail around and intertwined our tails together. I felt her hand in mine and we looked in eachothers eyes.
" I'm ready Mue. I know I'm ready." Lucy said. I looked into her eyes and she seemed to be hesitant at first then it changed into acceptance.
" You certain?"
" I've never been more certain of anything in my life Mue." she said as she kissed me.